Any step toward alleviating suffering and promoting compassion honors
God. Liberty, just like any other farmed animal, is the product of
God's love and creativity; and by exploiting her or any other of
His/Her creatures we are deviating from Jesus' teachings of
compassion, mercy and love. Just in the U.S. there are more than 280
million hens confined in battery cages. It's our hope that consumers
stop supporting the egg industry, a very abusive one.

A California state
law mandating "humane treatment" of downed livestock headed for the
slaughterhouse -- that became effective in 2009, following shocking
undercover video released by the Humane Society -- was unanimously
overturned Monday by the Supreme Court. "This is a deeply troubling
decision, preventing a wide range of actions by the states to protect
animals and consumers from reckless practices by the meat industry,
including the mishandling and slaughter of animals too sick or injured
to walk," said Wayne Pacelle, president of the Humane Society of the
United States. "The fact is, Congress and the USDA have been in the
grip of the agribusiness lobby for decades, and that's why our federal
animal handling and food safety laws are so anemic. California tried
to protect its citizens and the animals at slaughterhouses from acute
and extreme abuses, but its effort was cannibalized by the federal
government."

Although not
entirely surprising, the Supreme Court decision comes as a shock to
those of us who still held hope in regards to the treatment of downed
animals. Very sadly, this decision leaves these poor animals once
again at the mercy, or abuse, of the animal agriculture industry,
which would apply any kind of torturous techniques to God's animals in
order to get them moving for profit.

I believe this is an
example of why consumers have the power to effectively protect God's
farmed animals without having to expect government officials, or even
worse the animal agriculture industry, to show consideration to farmed
animals. All the consumer has to do is to stop supporting the meat,
egg and dairy industries. It's only then when the abuse to farmed
animals could finally come to an end.

“The Lord is good to all, and
his compassion is over all that he has made.”

This verse
reminds us that God cares about all His/Her creatures including, of
course, animals. Every being shares the same essence of love for we
all have been created by a loving, benevolent God. As children of God,
we should show love and compassion to one another.

This is an excellent piece by Wayne Pacelle (CEO of The Humane
Society of the United States), explaining why the “ag-gag” bills
introduced in several states are taking this nation in the wrong
direction by trying to conceal practices that are unethical and very
abusive to farmed animals. What is worse, the goal of this bill is
also to punish those who try to expose these practices.

“Ag-gag” bills are the most obvious red flag that say there’s
something fundamentally wrong with the factory farming industry. When
there’s nothing to hide, there’s nothing to fear. The factory farming
industry has much to fear and to lose if more consumers learn every
day about the horrendous and egregious practices that go on behind
their walls.